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	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total spending was on (a) academic research and (b) public consultations undertaken by his Department to inform the HMCTS reform programme in each financial year since 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	263790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS and the Ministry of Justice have undertaken a number of formal written consultation exercises since the Reform Programme began in 2016. This included the Ministry of Justice consultation on the Reform Programme entitled Transforming our Justice System, which set out the Government’s broad approach to reform and sought views on three specific sets of proposals: the assisted digital strategy; automatic online conviction and statutory standard penalty; and tribunal panel composition.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has spent the following amounts on academic research for evaluation of reform:</p><p> </p><p>2016/17: £220,000 for research on the Citizen user Experience</p><p>2017/18: £50,000 for research on the Professional User Experience</p><p>2017/18: £40,000 for a survey of SSCS appellants digital capability</p><p>2018/19: £49,000 for LSE evaluation of video hearings in tax</p><p>2018/19: £47,976 for research on Flexible Operating Hours</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS undertakes public consultation when reorganising estate or closing a tribunal building. This work is conducted by civil servants alongside other duties and it is not possible to capture an accurate assessment of the time and cost spent on this.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2019 15:36:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

634169

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of recent reforms to HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	52662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government is investing close to £1billion to modernise our courts and tribunals system. On 15 September the Lord Chancellor, Senior President of Tribunals and Lord Chief Justice published a joint paper setting out their vision to modernise our world-leading justice system, available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement</a></p><p> </p><p>Our reforms will reserve the full force of judge and courtroom for the most difficult and sensitive issues, and will strip away unnecessary hearings, redundant paper forms and duplication. We will introduce streamlined working practices and a modern digital infrastructure across all jurisdictions to eliminate the most common causes of delay. We will make more information and more services available online to provide swifter and more certain resolution for all parties. By combining tradition with technology we will improve the experience for all court and tribunal users.</p><p> </p><p>The modernisation work to deliver this vision has got off to a strong start and is delivering well against plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 52563 question first answered 16/11/2016 17:02:47 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

634184

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has for the reform of the Court Service.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	52563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government is investing close to £1billion to modernise our courts and tribunals system. On 15 September the Lord Chancellor, Senior President of Tribunals and Lord Chief Justice published a joint paper setting out their vision to modernise our world-leading justice system, available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-our-justice-system-joint-statement</a></p><p> </p><p>Our reforms will reserve the full force of judge and courtroom for the most difficult and sensitive issues, and will strip away unnecessary hearings, redundant paper forms and duplication. We will introduce streamlined working practices and a modern digital infrastructure across all jurisdictions to eliminate the most common causes of delay. We will make more information and more services available online to provide swifter and more certain resolution for all parties. By combining tradition with technology we will improve the experience for all court and tribunal users.</p><p> </p><p>The modernisation work to deliver this vision has got off to a strong start and is delivering well against plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 52662 question first answered 16/11/2016 17:02:47 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching